Friday Focus: British manufacturers expect to be global leaders by 2025

82% of companies are confident that homegrown British companies expect to be global leaders by 2025.

Today’s show is around the threat of changes to import and export through Brexit and the uncertainty around this and the impact this is having on their strategic making.

Companies featured on today’s show include –

Sage – The 40-year-old accounting software company based in Newcastle has gone global with head offices around the world with over 13.5k employees.

After recruiting 289 people in Warwick in 2018, Lotus expect to recruit a further 200 staff in Norfolk.
They have seen good growth in electric cars and are going to be releasing their new EV model Type 130.

Honda Confirms they will be shutting their factory in Swindon in 2021 3.5k people potentially to be made redundant.

British Steel manufactures and the complications they have and will be facing. The uncertainty has created a slide in their turnover.